It's actually not required that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of the house, or hold any other federal office, so I suppose the House could elect Cruz Speaker. All other Speakers have been House members, however. It'll never happen, but it's amusing to speculate about other, non-House members, whose election as Speaker (and second in line for the presidency) might drive progressives crazy. Speaker DeMint? Palin? Walker?
I would love to see Louie Ghomert as house speaker.
He’s real smart and has no problem with the media.